Carnaquidden Downs is a Area in the county of Cornwall.

Retail in Carnaquidden Downs

There are great places to visit near Carnaquidden Downs including some great hiking areas, country parks, towns, hills, villages, historic buildings and airports.

The area around Carnaquidden Downs's best hiking areas can be found at Tehidy.

Tehidy Country Park, Kit Hill Country Park, and Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are great places to visit near Carnaquidden Downs if you like country parks.

Callington, Polperro, and St Ives are great places to visit near Carnaquidden Downs if you like towns.

Hills to visit near Carnaquidden Downs include Kit Hill Country Park.

The area around Carnaquidden Downs features a number of interesting villages including Cremyll, and Botallack.

Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park is one of Carnaquidden Downs's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Carnaquidden Downs.

Carnaquidden Downs's best nearby airports can be found at Cornwall Airport Newquay, and Land's End Airport.

Carnaquidden Downs History

There are some historic monuments around Carnaquidden Downs:

• Courtyard house 150m north east of Trye Farm
• Wayside cross in Newlyn churchyard, south of the church
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m east of the church
• Hut circle 280yds (250m) SW of Trevarthen
• Wayside cross called Crowlas Cross, 230m north east of Lower Tregender
• Standing stone 340m south of Trye Farm
• Courtyard house settlement and field system and medieval farmstead 440m south of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Brunnion Cross, at Brunnion Carn
• Round cairn and medieval settlement 150m south of Solomons Isle
• Wayside cross beside a farm track, 115m north of Rosemorran Farm
• Chapel 140m south west of Bosence
• Standing stone 230m south of Primrose Cottage
• Churchyard cross in St Ia's churchyard
• Rectangular enclosures 700yds (640m) E of Tregerthen
• Standing stone 140m north west of Beersheba Farm
• Round barrow 600yds (550m) NW of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Iron Age defended settlement immediately south east of Boskennal Farm
• Sea Lane Cross, Lelant
• Two hut circles 380yds (350m) NE of Trevean
• Courtyard house settlement known as Bosullow Trehyllys, 515m north east of Chun Castle
• Part of a field system and cairn field 375m west of Bojuthnoe Farm
• Two entrance graves and two bowl barrows 670m SSE of Treen Farm
• Wayside cross known as Vellansagia Cross
• Standing stone called Tresvennack Pillar
• Standing stone 75m south of Tremayne
• Neolithic hilltop enclosure and Iron Age defended settlement known as Trencrom Castle
• Early Christian memorial stone and churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, 10m south of the church
• An inscribed cross shaft, a lantern cross head and a cross-base in Gulval churchyard
• Wayside cross in Madron churchyard, west of the church
• Standing stone 105m south east of Chyenhal Farm
• Round barrow on Gear Common 400yds (370m) WSW of Pennance Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m south west of Trewidden Farm
• Botrea barrows
• Large regular stone circle called Boscawen-Un with two outlying standing stones west of Boscawen Noon Farm
• Three round barrows 650yds (595m) N of Nine Maidens stone circle
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 8m east of the church
• Round, courtyard house settlement and field system 140m WNW of Goldherring
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) W of Nine Maidens
• Cist 165m east of Tredinneck Farm
• A small multivallate hillfort known as 'Castle-an-Dinas' which contains an 18th century folly called 'Roger's Tower'
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement at Chygwidden Vean, 250m east of Land Vue
• Iron Age to Roman settlement with incorporated fogou and adjacent post-medieval cottage at Carn Euny
• Two courtyard houses and two stone hut circles 470m north east of Newmill
• Wayside cross immediately south of St Towennicus' Church
• Round, courtyard house, stone hut circle settlement and field system 275m north of Castallack Carn
• Round cairn 135m west of Little Carnaquidden
• Boleigh fogou
• Stone hut circle settlement, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system 500m south of Foage Farm
• Iron Age defended settlement 460m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 150m ESE of Lower Alsia
• Round called Trewern Round
• Two standing stones known as the Long Stones, 280m south east of Higher Drift Farm
• Long stone W of Boswens Common
• Round 300yds (270m) NE of Newmill
• Multi-period archaeological landscape 430m north of Tredinney
• Entrance grave known as Zennor Quoit 600m north-east of Foage Farm
• Medieval wayside cross 35m SSW of Pendrea Cottage, south west of St Buryan
• Cross at Treassowe
• Chapel and holy well on Chapel Downs
• Two kerbed cairns on Trendrine Hill
• Iron Age beehive hut 380m SSW of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Chambered long barrow known as Lanyon Quoit
• Courtyard house 280m north west of Middle Carnaquidden
• Circular enclosure 385m NE of Higher Trenowin
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 10m south east of the church
• Two stone hut circle settlements and part of an associated field system 370m south west of Boswens
• Medieval wayside cross at Paul
• Four crosses on St Michael's Mount
• Medieval chapel known as Madron Well Chapel associated with Madron holy well
• Market cross
• Field system on Dry Carn
• Two standing stones known as 'The Pipers', 130m and 230m south west of Boleigh Farm
• Bosiliack prehistoric settlement, field systems, entrance grave, cairns and later tinworks
• Stone setting and holed stone known as the Men-an-Tol, 315m south east of Coronation Farm
• Stone hut circle settlements, courtyard house settlement, enclosures and part of a field system at Boswarva Carn
• Churchyard cross-head in wall of Paul churchyard
• Round barrow 300yds (270m) SSE of Polhigey
• Enclosure 220yds (200m) NE of Trevean
• Fogou 70m west of Higher Bodinnar
• Wayside cross 200m north west of Pendrea
• Kerbed cairn 660m WNW of Foage Farm
• St Buryan churchtown cross
• Stone hut circle 730m west of Foage Farm
• Trevorgans Cross 375m east of Crows-an-wra
• Deserted medieval settlement with 16th and 18th century structures 85m west of West Lanyon Quoit
• Wayside cross 290m SSW of Madron Well
• Holy well called Madron Well
• The Men Scryfa, an early Christian memorial stone
• Courtyard house and stone hut circle settlement 430m south west of Bosporthennis Farm Cottage
• Wayside cross in Sancreed churchyard, 20m south east of the church
• Courtyard house settlement with enclosure and fogou 235m south east of Porthmeor Farm
• Standing stone 150m north west of Trewern Round
• Churchyard cross in Sancreed churchyard, immediately south of the church
• Watermill near Bosigran Castle
• Portal dolmen known as West Lanyon Quoit, 380m south west of Lanyon Farm
• Standing stone 60m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Round barrow 1000yds (910m) ESE of Rosemergy SW of Carn Galver
• Round called Lescudjack Castle
• Dovecote called the 'Culver House', 330m SSW of Lower Bussow Farm
• Three bowl barrows on Treen Common 430m north east of Higher Bosporthennis
• Wayside cross 200m north east of Boscathnoe Farm
• A round, courtyard house settlement and two stone hut circles 400m north east of Trye Farm
• Chun Downs prehistoric landscape complex, incorporating Chun Cromlech, Chun Castle, and barrow 200yds (180m) SW of Chun Farm
• Croftoe British village
• Three bowl barrows 380m south east of Bryndowr
• Ancient house and enclosures 250yds (230m) N of Mulfra Farm
• Entrance grave 290m south west of Brane End Farm
• Chysauster courtyard house settlement, fogou, round cairn and part of a prehistoric field system
• Wayside cross in Lelant Lane, 670m north west of St Uny's Church
• Two round barrows 300yds (270m) E of Little Higher Bosullow
• Courtyard house settlement with part of a field system and a possible fogou 550m SSE of Treen
• Entrance grave 245m north west of Pennance
• Stone cross base 450yds (405m) NW of Santry Farm
• Tremethick Cross, 760m east of Tremethick Farm
• Hut circles, Higher Bussow
• Hut circles with associated field system 400yds (360m) SW of Little Higher Bosullow
• Kerris Cross
• Penbeagle Cross
• Round 450yds (405m) NW of Lower Chellew Farm
• Portal dolmen known as Mulfra Quoit
• Portal dolmen called Sperris Quoit
• Round called Lesingey Round
• Chambered barrow SSE of Treen
• Round 500yds (460m) NW of Nancothan Cottages, Trewidden
• Barrow 800yds (730m) WNW of Boswens Farm
• Treen Common stone circle
• Early Christian memorial stone beside Bleu Bridge
• Tregurtha Downs mine complex
• Wayside cross at Tregwainton Carn
• Cross-head in Madron churchyard, south of the church
• Iron Age defended settlement, 330m south east of Caer Bran Farm
• Wayside cross 310m WNW of Little Boswarthen
• Round cairn 180m WSW of Higher Conquer
• Settlement 450yds (400m) NW of Middle Carnaquidden
• Hut circle settlement at Sperris Croft 500yds (460m) SE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and part of a field system 400m north of Bodrifty Farm
• Megalithic tomb 220yds (200m) SW of Trevarthen
• Churchyard cross in St Buryan churchyard
• Medieval chapel called Chapel Jane
• Kerbed cairn and round cairn 210m north west of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Standing stone known as the 'Blind Fiddler', 405m south east of Lesbew Farm
• Promontory fort called Bosigran Castle
• Medieval wayside cross at Whitecross, near Crowlas
• Three wayside crosses in the churchyard of St Sennara's Church
• Trembath Cross 200m ENE of Buryas Bridge
• Courtyard house settlement 315m NNE of Botrea Farm
• Two cist graves 500yds (460m) NE of Tregerthen Cottage
• Round 340m south east of Trevean
• Platform cairn 190m SSE of the Nine Maidens Stone Circle
• Promontory Fort called Trereen Dinas
• Wayside cross-head in Sancreed churchyard on churchyard wall by west gate
• Round 280m WNW of Higher Faugan Hotel
• Part of a prehistoric field system at Tor Noon
• Round barrow 200yds (180m) NNW of Long Stone
• Wayside cross in Ludgvan churchyard, 6m south of the church
• Large regular stone circle known as the 'Nine Maidens' and a round cairn 690m north-west of Killiow Farm
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of Zennor Quoit